Kerron Stewart

Kerron Stewart
Personal information
Born (1984-04-16) 16 April 1984
Kingston, Jamaica
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 100 m
2012 London 4 × 100 m relay
2008 Beijing 200 m
World Championships
2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay
2013 Moscow 4 × 100 m relay
2015 Beijing 4 × 100 m relay
2007 Osaka 4 × 100 m relay
2009 Berlin 100 m
2011 Daegu 4 × 100 m relay
World Relay Championships
2014 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
World Athletics Final
2008 Stuttgart 100 m
2008 Stuttgart 200 m
2009 Thessaloniki 100 m
2009 Thessaloniki 200 m
World Junior Championships
2002 Kingston 4 × 100 m relay
2000 Santiago 4 × 100 m relay
World Youth Championships
2001 Hungary 100 m
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
2000 San Juan 4 × 100 m relay
2000 San Juan 100 m
2000 San Juan 200 m
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
2001 Bridgetown 4 × 100 m relay
2003 Port of Spain 100 m
2003 Port of Spain 4 × 100 m relay
2002 Nassau 100 m
2003 Port of Spain 200 m
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
2000 St. George's 100 m
2000 St. George's 300 m hurdles

Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s. She was born in Kingston and retired after the 2018 season.

Stewart holds one of the fastest non-winning times for the women's 100 metres. In the 2009 World Athletics Championships from Berlin, she ran 10.75 seconds only to finish second to compatriot, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who ran a 10.73 race. Stewart also anchored the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team to victory in a time of 42.06.